Tuesday, April 5, 2011

Thoughts

I couldn't go right to sleep last night. I don't know if it was because I ate some sugar too late or because my mind was on a rampage.

I thought about all I had to do today after being gone from home most of a month. I kept seeing Estella alive doing all the things I've seen her do: laundry, eating, helping Jim, playing cards, just sitting and talking. I'd see her as I remember her those last weeks. Mostly, it was when she was alive.

I've lost several family members and good friends. It's such an odd feeling knowing they were once here on earth and now they aren't. And life just goes on without them. It doesn't seem right.

I have a picture of balloons as wallpaper on my desktop. It's one I took when they were here last October. We parked in the handicapped area and were able to see the balloons. In the past they were down on the field but now they are also near the parking area where they inflate. I remember how much they both liked watching them.

Three and a half years ago they came for the Balloon Fiesta. The weather was awful and they didn't see anything at all. When they went home, she had cancer. The same thing happened this time. She went in for a regular check and they found it in her chest wall. Later they discovered it was all in her bronchials and gave her 2 to 3 weeks. She died 3 weeks and a day later.

When I was lying awake last night and not thinking about the things I mentioned above, I wrote a great blog. I didn't get up and make notes and have no idea what it was about, but I promise you--it was one of my best.

1 comment:

It was God's way of helping you to process and go to sleep in peace. Estella is in peace now. God blessed us with her and she will forever remain in my thoughts and my heart. Her influences will always ring in my ears, just like a tap on my shoulder telling me to stop, think and just be.

"Behold, I will pour out My Spirit on you.

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Retired teacher and health care professional living in the desert southwest I write novels, short stories and memoirs, attend church, belong to writing groups, and a book club. I have a husband, 2 daughters, 4 step-sons, 13 grandchildren and one great-granddaughter.